Peggy's Point Lighthouse
by Mike Robles
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14.000 x 11.000 x 0.120 inches
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Title
Peggy's Point Lighthouse
Artist
Mike Robles
Medium
Painting - Watercolor & Ink
Description
Peggy's Point Lighthouse" is an original watercolor and ink painting by Mike Robles. It was painted on 300 lb Lanaquarelle (acid free) watercolor paper using artist quality watercolor paints and ink to maintain archival quality.
Peggy's Point Lighthouse also known as Peggy's Cove Lighthouse is an active lighthouse and an iconic Canadian image. Located within Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia, it is one of the busiest tourist attractions in the province and is a prime attraction on the Lighthouse Trail scenic drive. The lighthouse marks the eastern entrance of St. Margaret's Bay and is officially known as the Peggy's Point Lighthouse. The classic red-and-white lighthouse is still operated by the Canadian Coast Guard, and is situated on an extensive granite outcrop at Peggy's Point, immediately south of the village and its cove. This lighthouse is one of the most-photographed structures in Atlantic Canada and one of the most recognizable lighthouses in the world.
Visitors may explore the granite outcrop on Peggy's Point around the lighthouse; despite numerous signs warning of unpredictable surf, several visitors each year are swept off the rocks by waves, sometimes drowning.
The first lighthouse at Peggy's Cove was built in 1868 and was a wooden house with a beacon on the roof. At sundown the keeper lit a kerosene oil lamp magnified by a catoptric reflector (a silver-coated mirror) creating the red beacon light marking the eastern entrance to St. Margaret's Bay. That lighthouse was replaced by the current structure, an octagonal lighthouse which was built in 1914. It is made of reinforced concrete but retains the eight-sided shape of earlier generations of wooden light towers. It stands almost 15 meters (49 ft) high. The old wooden lighthouse became the keeper's dwelling and remained near to the current lighthouse until it was damaged by Hurricane Edna in 1954 and was removed. The lighthouse was automated in 1958. The light had several color changes in the late 1970's. Finally, to conform to world standards, the light was changed to red in 2007.
1 This description was obtained from Wikipedia.
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